as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
just another dodge to get out of working in the yard
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as in to circumvent
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets
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as in to evade
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
dodged the horde of paparazzi by leaving through the service entrance
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Recent Examples of dodge
Scott McRae, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
Dual Blades now have a perfect dodge mechanic, so dodging just before you get hit gives you extended invincibility and a potent temporary buff that increases your attack and defense.
—PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
With Netflix’s first quarter 2025 beat and raise announced April 17, according to the Wall Street Journal, investors still have at least one great company dodging the consequences and declining consumer sentiment.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But for those less confident in parrying, perfect dodges cover even more distance and the ability to dodge through projectiles.
—Scott McRae, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
Dual Blades now have a perfect dodge mechanic, so dodging just before you get hit gives you extended invincibility and a potent temporary buff that increases your attack and defense.
—PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
What followed was a saga of dodging feathers, hissing beaks, and the brutal reality of being trapped by nature's fury, all of which was recorded on video by their Ring doorbell.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
With Netflix’s first quarter 2025 beat and raise announced April 17, according to the Wall Street Journal, investors still have at least one great company dodging the consequences and declining consumer sentiment.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodge
Noun
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Vulture Parent Puppet The puppet ruse is designed to prevent the baby from imprinting on humans.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those ruses have spurred restrictive voting laws across the country, despite the failure over the years of anybody finding fraud happening beyond small and rare instances — and certainly not at the scale of deciding major elections.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Tomato plants naturally weave in and out of the support system.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 May 2025
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Read on for more hotels that are woven into the very fabric of their destinations.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2025
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However, Russia has set up a shadow fleet of vessels to circumvent a $60 price cap on seaborne oil and the export continues to swell the Kremlin's coffers.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Since 2018, China has weathered a low-level trade war, gaining experience in managing the deepening U.S.-Chinese rivalry and learning how to circumvent Washington’s economic restrictions.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The key benefits of integration include: • Enhanced Threat Detection: By unifying security tools, organizations can achieve a holistic view of their threat landscape, enabling the identification of sophisticated attacks that might evade stand-alone systems.—
Bob Kruse,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The project looks at the 1980s rise and fall of Joe Hunt and young and wealthy men who made up an exclusive investment group who descended into a fraud scheme that led to murder.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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The fraud scheme The murder was part of a broader financial fraud scheme.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
1 May 2025
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And, of course, since '90s kids easily ducked those age gates, too, history shows why investing millions to build the latest and greatest age verification systems probably remains a fool's errand after all these years.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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Mauzy ducked because a pitch from Kansas State’s Tanner Duke was near his head.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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Until the masses adopt it, fraudsters can simply avoid platforms that require World ID and continue doing business as usual.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The apps could then avoid the 30 percent commission that Apple charges in its App Store and potentially charge less for services.—
Tripp Mickle,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Tesla needs Musk's technical brilliance but can't escape the collateral damage of his polarizing public persona.—
Allen Adamson,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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While they were gone, the tiny dog escaped and sprinted off into the wilderness.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Dodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodge. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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